1941

In February I happily helped to host a luncheon get-together of hardy '41s who wanted to greet George and Patty Herman as they swung through the Sarasota, Fla., area. George was giving several talks on the "Success and Failures of the Press" for the benefit of the library at New College. Local greeters included Tom and Patty Trump,Norm and Janet Locke, myself, Don Taber, and Sally (Frechette) Maynard. In this area George is so well known from previous appearances that we had some trouble getting on his social calendar. Incidentally, his first talk was well-received by a fall house.

I finally tracked down John Kelley, when he wasn't on the golf course, after I read in the paper that he had scored a hole in one. John allowed as how it was "130 yards into "the wind" and was just weeks after he was in and out of the same cup, leaving a three inch putt the first time. It was John's first ace—only 20 years after Margie showed him how to do it. Oops!

John later reported the distressing news that his longtime golfing buddy Hugh Kenworthy had suffered a severe stroke on February 4 on the east coast of Florida, while heading home from a a golf tournament in that area. Hugh will be receiving physical therapy for possibly three months at the Sea Pines Rehabilitation Center, 101 E. Florida Ave., Melbourne, FL 32901.

A call to Lincoln, Mass., found LarryThompson experiencing a five-degree freeze, but somewhat warmed by memories of a recent trip to his native state of California. Larry retired ten years ago after 32 years at Harvard Business School. He now keeps busy with consulting work for four companies, and he also serves on the board of the local hospital, where he previously recovered from a heart attack.

Another recent phone call, this one to Sparrow Bush, N.Y., found that indefatigable woodchopper Don Hagen doing his thing. Don claims that chopping 10—12 cords of wood each year may help his golf swing, but it mainly helps him and his pocketbook to survive the cold. When he retired in 1973 and moved into the farmhouse that had been in jane's family for 150 years, he decided to rely on wood, versus high-priced oil, for heat.

Meanwhile in the sunny South, DonKnight reported from Ponte Vedra, Fla., that he was 170 pages into a novel he's writing about pre-WW II Germany. Don and jean went to southern Germany, where Don was an exchange student before Dartmouth, twice in '92 to research the book. They also attended the Salzburg Music Festival and visited Budapest and Vienna. Back home they are on the board of the Jacksonville Symphony, and they also started an organization to support a symphony in their own city.

In closing, a Big Green salute to BettyTaber, Don's wife of 50 years, whose long service and care for Dartmouth causes came to an end on January 21 in Sarasota after a short period of illness. May the memory of Betty and all the departed members of die '41 family never fade.

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